Shock-loader.



PATENTED' JAN. 1, 1907.

J. K. SHARPB, JR. SHOCK LOADER. AiPLIGATIO'N FILED APR.20,1905.

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UXITED STATES PATENT @FFlIQEt Josarn K. SHARPE, JR., OF INDTANAPOLIS, mew

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ears-non. TO or mama APOLIS, INDIANA, AND THEOPHILUS ilhlG, QUINCY, MASSA- CHUSETTS, A UOPARTNEESHIP.

SHOCK-LQADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 20, 1905. serial No. 256.529.

. useful Improvements in Shock-Loaders, of

The; acco which the following is .a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and very cheap'structure by which a limitedgnumber'fof shocks, such as cornshocks,'fnay be transported from one place to another, the'construction being such that the shock may be very easily dragged bodily 7 up uponthe structure. mlpanying drawings 'illus trate my invention. ticn of an embodiment thereof; Fig. 2', a planofthe structure shown in Fig. 1, and 3 a perspective detaih In thedrawings, 10 indicates an axle supported by a pair of wheels 11. Attachedto the axle is a yoke 12, to which the. thills or other draft device 13 may be attached. Pivotally mounted upon the axle .10 by means of 2 5.-

suitable yokes 14f is a platform 15, which'is preferably nearly-balanced on the axle, 1n the structure shown the platform being slightly over-balanced to the rear. The platform 15 is preferably divided into two sections by means of a double center railing 16, between which the draft ends of the cable 17 may run, soas to be rotected from interference by the shocks. T e cable 17 passes throu h the snatch-block 18, which may be hoo ed to any one of a number of eyes 19, securedto the platform 15 atvarious oints initslen th.

In operation the snatc -b1ock 18-wil be igure 1 is'a central vertical sec I hooked to the most forwardone'ofthe eyes 19 and the shock end of the cable 17 passed around the shock.20 near its bas'e,.as shown in the drawings. serv'e to draw the shock bodily up upon the platform 15 which has been inclined so. that its rear edge rests upon the ground, as indicated in full lines in Fig. 1. Theshock thus loaded be dragged up to the forward end of. the platform, and the" latform may then book 21 while-the vehicle is being driven to a point-nearanother shoclgwhere the operation is repeated.

. I claim as my invention'- v 1. A shock-loader comprising a suitable A'pull'upon cable 17 will .be tilted and held in position by a suitable I runnin gear, a shock-receiving platform pivotal y mounted thereon so as toswlng vertically, a medial partition arranged above said platform substantially atright angles to h XlS thereof, and lifting mechanism carpied by the platform.

' 2. A shock loacler' comprising a suitable runnin gear, a shock receiving platform pivotal mounted thereon so as to swing verticall a draft device, and a plurality of means for attaclnnient of the draft device; arranged at various points in the length'of said platform, substantially as and for the pun pose set forth. I

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 12th of April, A. D. 1905.

' JGSEYH K. SHARPE, JR. [1,. 8.1V Witnesses: I

ARTHUR M. .tioon, -JAMES A. Warren. 

